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Navy's warhorse INS Vikramaditya berths at home base in Karwar MANGALORE/KARWAR: India's biggest aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, which will add a new dimension to Indian Navy's operational capabilities, reached the INS Kadamba naval base in Karwar on Tuesday night. The warship, acquired...

It's time to let ISRO go full throttle India has reached a milestone in rocketry with the successful launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has demonstrated its capability in a critical area of space technology -...

DRDO to recruit 500 more scientists this year PUNE: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) plans to recruit 500 additional scientists this year to meet its workforce requirement across different levels and projects. "Our present recruitment is focused on filling vacancies...

Tejas Mk1 MRCA’s Projected Operational Configurations Though the Tejas Mk1 MRCA will fully certified as an operational platform only by 2016, as it exists today, the MRCA’s tandem-seat operational conversion trainer variant is probably the best available lead-in fighter trainer (LIFT) with...

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India's PARAM among world's most power efficient supercomputer NEW DELHI: India's supercomputerPARAM Yuva II, developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), has been ranked first in India, ninth in the Asia Pacific Region and 44th in the world among the most power...

Tejas Induction into Air Force to Take More Time While Friday’s second initial operational clearance (IOC-2) will signal the end of a grueling wait for the IAF to officially undertake flight evaluation trials, the formation of no 45 Squadron (Flying Daggers) earmarked for Tejas might take...

India gets favourable international ruling on ship detention by Iran Vindicating India’s stand, an international review panel has ruled that its crude tanker MT Desh Shanti, which was detained by Iranian authorities in August last, did not violate maritime rules. The ruling by Indian Ocean...

ISRO gets ready for next GSLV flight with indigenous cryogenic engine Flush with the success of the GSLV-D5, which used an indigenous cryogenic stage to put the GSAT-14 into orbit, the Indian Space Research Organisation is getting ready for the next GSLV flight with its own cryogenic engine...

Govt to launch internet spy system 'Netra' soon NEW DELHI: Beware! Use of words like "attack", "bomb", "blast" or "kill" in tweets, status updates, emails or blogs may bring you under surveillance of security agencies as the government will soon launch "Netra", an internet spy system capable of...

DGCA certifies first phase of desi GPS NEW DELHI: Paving the wayfor satellite-based flight navigation over the vast airspace of India, its neighbours and surrounding high seas, the first phase of the ambitious navigation system GAGAN has been certified by DGCA. The certification of the GPS...

The final frontier: ‘People sacrificed personal interests for GSLV's success’ SRIHARIKOTA: It took only 1,000 seconds of flight for GSLV D-5 rocket to inject the GSAT-14 communication satellite into the orbit, and thereby catapult India into the elite cryogenic club, which includes US...

India to soon look for contracts to launch heavy satellites: ISRO chief Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K. Radhakrishnan also said the space agency is working with its American counterpart for development of a satellite. The Indian space agency will confidently look for...

How the Su-30 MKI is changing the IAF’s combat strategy With the induction of large numbers of class leading Sukhoi-30 MKI fighters, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has not only made a huge technological transition from a MiG-21 dominated fleet, its war fighting doctrine has also changed...

Nuclear power holds key to development, says PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday stressed the need to increase power supply for economic development and said the Centre planned to build the capacity to generate more than 27,000 MWe of nuclear power over the next decade. Dr. Singh was...

Failures behind, GSLV-D5 ready to fire CHENNAI: For the Indian Space Research Organization, time would stand virtually still for some 17 minutes after the GSLV-D5 blasts off from Sriharikota at 4.18pm on Sunday. For, those will be the moments that deliver the result of its 20-year toil to...

Tech majors cry foul over defence inventory project tendering The government's ambitious project to computerise Indian Army's inventory in a phased manner could suffer more delays, with technology companies Oracle India and InfosysLtd raising concerns about the manner in which the project has...

Army's Northern Command to buy over 980 mine prodders for J&K Indian Army's Northern Command has issued a global tender for procuring over 980 mine prodders, used for detection of IEDs and other explosive substances buried under ground, for its units in Jammu and Kashmir. General Officer...